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S 1115 107th Congress Senate

Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2002

Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 12, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Jul 26, 2002
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 526.
Jul 26, 2002
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 107-227. Additional views filed.
Jun 19, 2002
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jun 27, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 27, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7000)
Jun 27, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 26, 2002

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 526.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Act of 2002- Title I: Preventive Health Services - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prescribe composition requirements for the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis, and direct it to make recommendations on: (1) a national plan to eliminate tuberculosis in the United States; and (2) a plan to guide U.S. involvement in global tuberculosis-control activities, with a focus on high incidence countries and on access to a comprehensive package of tuberculosis control measures.

Title II: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Revises the existing tuberculosis research program of the Centers for Disease Control to refocus on issues of latency, drug-resistance, and high-risk populations.

Calls for demonstration projects to include the development of regional capabilities in low incidence areas and collaboration with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Mexico, and the United States Agency for International Development.

Revises reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007.

Title III: National Institutes of Health - Authorizes the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to intensify and coordinate tuberculosis research efforts, including its relationship to HIV.

Authorizes the Director to make Tuberculosis Academic Awards to support clinical curricular programs and Tuberculosis/Pulmonary Infection Awards to support basic biological research as well as new techniques and treatments. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2007.

Requires the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of NIH to work to develop a tuberculosis vaccine. Increases funding, authorizing appropriations through FY 2007.

Requires the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences to carry out an international training program regarding tuberculosis.

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